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Utilizing Multilingual Encoders to Improve Large Language Models for Low-Resource Languages
Imalsha Puranegedara, Themira Chathumina, Nisal Ranathunga, Nisansa de Silva, Surangika Ranathunga, Mokanarangan Thayaparan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.09091

Utilizing Multilingual Encoders to Improve Large Language Models for Low-Resource Languages
Large Language Models (LLMs) excel in English, but their performance degrades significantly on low-resource languages (LRLs) due to English-centric training. While methods like LangBridge align LLMs with multilingual encoders such as the Massively Multilingual Text-to-Text Transfer Transformer (mT5), they typically use only the final encoder layer. We propose a novel architecture that fuses all intermediate layers, enriching the linguistic information passed to the LLM. Our approach features tw…

Humanoid Robot Acrobatics Utilizing Complete Articulated Rigid Body Dynamics
Gerald Brantner
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08258 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.08…

Humanoid Robot Acrobatics Utilizing Complete Articulated Rigid Body Dynamics
Endowing humanoid robots with the ability to perform highly dynamic motions akin to human-level acrobatics has been a long-standing challenge. Successfully performing these maneuvers requires close consideration of the underlying physics in both trajectory optimization for planning and control during execution. This is particularly challenging due to humanoids' high degree-of-freedom count and associated exponentially scaling complexities, which makes planning on the explicit equations of motio…

I don’t know about you 
but my feelings oscillate between intense grief and boiling anger. 
I do not hide my pro-Palestinian sentiments. 
But this goes beyond one side or another. 
This is about our shared humanity. 
Does it still exist? Did it ever exist?
As citizens, our tools are limited. 
As meager as they sometimes appear, we still haveto utilize them. 
So, tell your congressperson to co-sponsor HR 3565
— The Block the Bombs Act
— atte…

Boosting Data Utilization for Multilingual Dense Retrieval
Chao Huang, Fengran Mo, Yufeng Chen, Changhao Guan, Zhenrui Yue, Xinyu Wang, Jinan Xu, Kaiyu Huang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09459

Boosting Data Utilization for Multilingual Dense Retrieval
Multilingual dense retrieval aims to retrieve relevant documents across different languages based on a unified retriever model. The challenge lies in aligning representations of different languages in a shared vector space. The common practice is to fine-tune the dense retriever via contrastive learning, whose effectiveness highly relies on the quality of the negative sample and the efficacy of mini-batch data. Different from the existing studies that focus on developing sophisticated model arc…

Obscure kernel bug use-after-free and then the VLAI severity told me "maybe important" before I read the drama #kernel

[CVE-2025-38001] Exploiting All Google kernelCTF Instances And Debian 12 With A 0-Day For $82k: A RBTree Family Drama (Part One: LTS & COS)
CVE-2025-38001 is a Use-After-Free vulnerability in the Linux network packet scheduler, specifically in the HFSC queuing discipline. When the HFSC qdisc is utilized with NETEM and NETEM packet duplication is enabled, using HFSC_RSC it is possible to cause a double class insertion in the HFSC eligible tree. Under normal conditions, this would lead to an infinite loop in hfsc_dequeue() due to an RBTree cycle. However, by adding TBF as root qdisc, it is possible to prevent packets from being deque…

Cowboys' Joe Milton let 'fastball' fly in preseason opener vs. Rams; working to utilize 'change-up' more often

https://www.cbssports.com/…

#LB "Garoto nascido sem um cérebro vive até os 12 anos antes de morrer".
Nem um pouco surpreso, conheço uns que jš passaram da meia-idade e que aparentemente jamais utilizaram seu cérebro.
https://noc.socia…

Thermal imaging by utilization of CsPbBr3 quantum dot photoluminescence
Alireza Jalouli, Nathan Giannini-Hutchin, Alexander R. Albrecht
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.08631 https://…

Thermal imaging by utilization of CsPbBr3 quantum dot photoluminescence
The temperature-dependent photoluminescence of perovskite quantum dots (CsPbBr3) in the visible band, is analyzed to evaluate their suitability for use in thermometry. A differential measurement of the photoluminescence can be used to estimate the surface temperature. Thermal imaging is demonstrated by using the Bayer-pattern of a cost-effective consumer-grade digital camera to determine the spectral shift. The temperature change of traces on a printed circuit board are visualized as proof of p…

@… según leo por ahí, es un “joven meteorólogo que usa el sistema de las cabañuelas para hacer sus predicciones”.
Las cabañuelas (no he oído esto en mi vida, Hulio) son, según Wikipedia, “un conjunto de métodos tradicionales de predicción meteorológica a largo plazo sin base científica utilizado en el…

A secret Pentagon plan by the Trump administration would create a standing force of military personnel
that could be rapidly deployed to U.S. cities or communities to quell public protests
or any situation Donald Trump deems “domestic civil unrest.”
The proposal is to create a
“Domestic Civil Disturbance Quick Reaction Force”
— which evidence shows has been under serious consideration by the administration over recent months
— would utilize existing statu…

Pentagon plan would create military ‘reaction force’ for civil unrest
Documents reviewed by The Post detail a prospective National Guard mission that, if adopted, would require hundreds of troops to be ready around-the-clock.